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Field scabious knautia arvensis

A member of the teasel family, this is a plant with long stalks ending in a small, lilac coloured, rounded flower head.

Conservation status

Common.

Details

Did you know? Field scabious is also known as lady’s pin cushion and blue bonnets.
Scabious are in the same family as teasels.

How to recognise

Field scabious have lilac coloured flowers shaped like half a pom pom on top of a long upright stem that is 15 to 70cm tall. The flower is make up of a circle of bracts filled with tiny flowers. The stems and long leaves have a rougher and hairier feel than other scabious, the small and devil’s-bit.